Hydrozoa taxon details
Physalia utriculus (Gmelin, 1788)
387269 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387269)
accepted
Species
Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3155 [details]
de La Martinière, J. (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. [Memoir on some insects.]. <em>Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers, etc.</em> 31: 207-209, 264-266, 365-366, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6045531
page(s): 365, pl. 2, figs 13-14; note: basis of Gmelin's (1791) Medusa utriculus [details]
page(s): 3155 [details]
de La Martinière, J. (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. [Memoir on some insects.]. <em>Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers, etc.</em> 31: 207-209, 264-266, 365-366, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6045531
page(s): 365, pl. 2, figs 13-14; note: basis of Gmelin's (1791) Medusa utriculus [details]
Taxonomy de La Martinière (1787) described this Physalia species, but provided no name. It was first named by Gmelin (1788) with...
Taxonomy de La Martinière (1787) described this Physalia species, but provided no name. It was first named by Gmelin (1788) with reference to de La Martinière (1787) [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Physalia utriculus (Gmelin, 1788). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387269 on 2025-12-11
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(of Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3155 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 163 [details]
source of synonymy Totton, A. K. (1960). Studies on Physalia physalis (L.). Part 1. Natural History and morphology. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 30: 301-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609085
page(s): 346 [details]
source of synonymy Pugh, P. R. (2019). A history of the sub-order Cystonectae (Hydrozoa: Siphonophorae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4669(1): 1-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4669.1.1
page(s): 85 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Leloup, E., 1934. Siphonophores de Madras (Indes Anglaises). Bull. Mus. r. Hist. nat. Belg. 10 9: 1-5.
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) de La Martinière, J. (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. [Memoir on some insects.]. <em>Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers, etc.</em> 31: 207-209, 264-266, 365-366, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6045531
page(s): 365, pl. 2, figs 13-14; note: basis of Gmelin's (1791) Medusa utriculus [details]
page(s): 3155 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 163 [details]
source of synonymy Totton, A. K. (1960). Studies on Physalia physalis (L.). Part 1. Natural History and morphology. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 30: 301-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609085
page(s): 346 [details]
source of synonymy Pugh, P. R. (2019). A history of the sub-order Cystonectae (Hydrozoa: Siphonophorae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4669(1): 1-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4669.1.1
page(s): 85 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Leloup, E., 1934. Siphonophores de Madras (Indes Anglaises). Bull. Mus. r. Hist. nat. Belg. 10 9: 1-5.
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) de La Martinière, J. (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. [Memoir on some insects.]. <em>Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers, etc.</em> 31: 207-209, 264-266, 365-366, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6045531
page(s): 365, pl. 2, figs 13-14; note: basis of Gmelin's (1791) Medusa utriculus [details]
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Taxonomy de La Martinière (1787) described this Physalia species, but provided no name. It was first named by Gmelin (1788) with reference to de La Martinière (1787) [details]
